Posted on 08/15/2017 5:46:02 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
So, did the progressive social media mob force a New York Times reporter to retract her statements about the left wing Antifa crowd that showed up in Charlottesville over the weekend?
The only thing Sheryl Gay Stolberg noted was that the far left was just as “hate-filled” as the white nationalists who showed up.
The Daily Wire has more:
Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT A few wrap-it-up thoughts from Charlottesville: 1. Striking how many of the white nationalists were young people, almost entirely men. 1/3 11:32 PM - Aug 12, 2017
Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT Replying to @SherylNYT 2. The hard left seemed as hate-filled as alt-right. I saw club-wielding "antifa" beating white nationalists being led out of the park 2/2 11:34 PM - Aug 12, 2017
Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT Replying to @SherylNYT 3. Among my unanswered questions: police response. Why did things get out of hand so quickly? Could violence have been prevented? 3/3 11:35 PM - Aug 12, 2017
For pointing out that the "Antifa" were, once again, resorting to violence to "protest" and thus exhibiting "hate," Stolberg was immediately corrected online, one responder warning her, "Don't buy into the false equivalency like Trump and sympathizers. Only one group would commit genocide against the other if given power."
In response, Stolberg apologized and noted that she had made a "correction" about her "hate-filled" comment.
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But that wasn't good enough. Stolberg's statement was met with strong rebuke from the social justice left who accused her of "normalizing Nazis" and drawing a "false equivalence" between the violent, racist white nationalists and the violent, fascistic Antifa. A few examples of the responses:
12 Aug Andrew K @imscavok Replying to @SherylNYT Remember that officials tried to change the venue to a more manageable location due to the growing numbers and likelihood for violence
Andrew K @imscavok 2) Don't buy into the false equivalency like Trump and sympathizers. Only one group would commit genocide against the other if given power 11:39 PM - Aug 12, 2017 y 12 Aug Andrew K @imscavok Replying to @imscavok @SherylNYT 2) Don't buy into the false equivalency like Trump and sympathizers. Only one group would commit genocide against the other if given power
Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT Yes, fair enough. See my TL for a correction 7:29 AM - Aug 13, 2017
Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT Rethinking this. Should have said violent, not hate-filled. They were standing up to hate. https://twitter.com/sherylnyt/status/896575560650035200 … 7:20 AM - Aug 13, 2017
12 Aug Sheryl Gay Stolberg ✔ @SherylNYT Replying to @SherylNYT 2. The hard left seemed as hate-filled as alt-right. I saw club-wielding "antifa" beating white nationalists being led out of the park 2/2
Don't Panic @sarkopsi Bad bad bad take. A leftist woman is dead because she protested nazis. How dare you think you can compare them 11:39 AM - Aug 13, 2017
She fell right in line; now she must fall on her sword.
Any genocide will come from the left. They have a very long history of it.
Typical coward “media”
Same applies to most politicians and CEOs
New under 6 minute video about the events of the last 6 months or so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8cRBUo0bE
If you write it, own it.
Many people are more afraid of the Fascist Antifa than they are of anyone else. Antifa has proven to be a violent hate group with a Fascist agenda. And the MSM lies to the people about who they are. This is how Nazi Germany was taken over.
Say, remember when Obama got all that heat for not calling out the BLM racist organization for last years assassinations of 5 police officers in Dallas? Neither do I.
“President Barack Obama called the shooting a “vicious, calculated, despicable attack” and a “tremendous tragedy”. He also made immediate calls for gun control.”
Sheryl, welcome to the PC party. You are now on the menu.
I love it when the Left eat their own.
Rethinking this. Should have said violent, not hate-filled. They were standing up to hate.
“Should have said violent, not hate-filled. They were standing up to hate.”
Consider that both sides have people who are hate-filled...and violent.
She had a moment of honest sanity and now has to pay for it.
Sheryl, you were right the first time.
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